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Where Learning ClicksEdgenuity’s award-winning courses combine rigorous content with direct-instruction videos from expert, on-screenteachers with interactive learning tools and resources to engage and motivate students. Our online courses for corecurriculum, AP , elective, Career and Technical Education (CTE), dual credit, and credit recovery are based on therigor and high expectations of state, Common Core, NGSS, and iNACOL standards.Edgenuity gives schools the flexibility to offer the right courses for your students’ needs. Our online courses areavailable for credit and concept recovery, initial credit, and as honors courses for students who want to furtherchallenge themselves. Designed to inspire lifelong learning, Edgenuity’s courses can be used in any blended or onlinelearning model.Credit Recovery CoursesInitial Credit CoursesHonors CoursesFeature instruction and assignments to Feature extended instruction and assign- Have additional instruction and/ormeet Common Core and state standards ments for complete coverage of standards assignments to extend learningHave limited or no teacher-gradedassignmentsContain teacher-graded assignmentsContain additional and more rigorousteacher-graded assignmentsTake an average of 40 hours per semester Take an average of 50 hours per semester Take an average of 60 hours per semesterNCAA-Approved Courses for Student AthletesAfter completing an extensive evaluation, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has determined thatEdgenuity’s curriculum and instructional model are equivalent to face-to-face courses in length, content, and rigor, andare approved for use by student athletes.Schools can enroll student athletes in Edgenuity courses to ensure they are prepared to enter college with a rigorousonline academic experience. Core courses for initial credit are approved by the NCAA for use with InstructionalServices. Schools and districts can also use Edgenuity courses with their own teachers, but these implementationsneed to be reviewed by the NCAA to ensure students are getting high-quality instruction. Students who need to recovercredits must complete the full course to receive credit from the NCAA even if they are recovering a credit; creditrecovery versions or any courses with pretesting or prescriptive testing are not approved by the NCAA.For more information, please visit Edgenuity.com/NCAA.“Among our current EDDIE Awards winners, themost thorough CCSS solutions are offered by Edgenuity.”COMPUTED GAZETTE Copyright Edgenuity, Inc.PAGE 3
ContentsENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS.5MATHEMATICS.8SCIENCE.11SOCIAL STUDIES.13ADVANCED PLACEMENT .16GENERAL ELECTIVES.18WORLD LANGUAGES.20CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.23TEST PREPARATION.34HONORS.35SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING.39SUBSCRIPTION-BASED ELECTIVES.41INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES ELECTIVES.50ADDITIONAL COURSES AVAILABLE THROUGH EDGENUITY PARTNERS.55PAGE 4Edgenuity Course Catalog
English Language ArtsEnglish Language Arts courses are fully aligned to the Common Core. State versions are also available forstates that have not adopted CCSS.ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 6ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 9This course eases students’ transition to middle school withThis freshman-year English course engages students in literaryengaging, age-appropriate literary and informational readinganalysis and inferential evaluation of great texts both classicselections. Students learn to read critically, analyze texts, and citeand contemporary. While critically reading fiction, poetry, drama,evidence to support ideas as they read essential parts of literaryand literary nonfiction, students will master comprehension andand informational texts and explore a full unit on Lewis Carroll’sliterary-analysis strategies. Interwoven in the lessons across twoclassic novel Through the Looking Glass. Vocabulary, grammar, andsemesters are activities that encourage students to strengthenlistening skills are sharpened through lessons that give studentstheir oral language skills and produce clear, coherent writing.explicit modeling and ample practice. Students also engage inStudents will read a range of classic texts including Homer’s Theroutine, responsive writing based on texts they have read. InOdyssey, Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, and Richard Connell’sextensive, process-based writing lessons, students write topical“The Most Dangerous Game.” They will also study short butessays in narrative, informative, analytical, and argumentativecomplex texts, including influential speeches by Dr. Martin Lutherformats. In this full-year course, students develop a mastery ofKing Jr., Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan. Contemporaryreading, writing, and language arts skills.texts by Richard Preston, Julia Alvarez, and Maya Angelou roundENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 7out the course.Students grow as readers, writers, and thinkers in this middleENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 10school course. With engaging literary and informational texts,Focused on application, this sophomore English course reinforcesstudents learn to think critically, analyze an author’s language,literary analysis and twenty-first century skills with superb piecesand cite evidence to support ideas. Students complete an in-depthof literature and literary nonfiction, application e-resources, andstudy of Jack London’s classic novel White Fang and read excerptseducational interactives. Each thematic unit focuses on specificfrom other stories, poetry, and nonfiction. Explicit modelingliterary analysis skills and allows students to apply them to a rangeand ample opportunities for practice help students sharpenof genres and text structures. As these units meld modeling andtheir vocabulary, grammar, and listening skills. Students alsoapplication, they also expand on training in media literacy, twenty-respond routinely to texts they have read. In extensive, process-first century career skills, and the essentials of grammar andbased writing lessons, students write topical essays in narrative,vocabulary. Under the guidance of the eWriting software, studentsinformative, analytical, and argumentative formats. In this full-also compose descriptive, persuasive, expository, literary analysis,year course, students develop a mastery of reading, writing, andresearch, narrative, and compare-contrast essays.language arts skills.ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 11ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 8This junior-year English course invites students to delve intoIn this course, students build on their knowledge and blossom asAmerican literature from early American Indian voices throughthoughtful readers and clear, effective writers. A balance of literarycontemporary works. Students engage in literary analysis andand informational texts engage students throughout the course ininferential evaluation of great texts as the centerpieces of thisreading critically, analyzing texts, and citing evidence to supportcourse. While critically reading fiction, poetry, drama, andclaims. Students sharpen their vocabulary, grammar, and listeningexpository nonfiction, students master comprehension and literaryskills through lessons designed to provide explicit modelinganalysis strategies. Interwoven in the lessons across two semestersand ample opportunities to practice. Students also routinelyare tasks that encourage students to strengthen their oral languagewrite responses to texts they have read, and use more extensive,skills and produce creative, coherent writing. Students readprocess-based lessons to produce full-length essays in narrative,a range of short but complex texts, including works by Ralphinformative, analytical, and argumentative formats. In this full-Waldo Emerson, Emily Dickinson, Herman Melville, Nathanielyear course, students develop a mastery of reading, writing, andHawthorne, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Martin Luther King, Jr., F.language arts skills.Scott Fitzgerald, Sandra Cisneros, Amy Tan, and Dave Eggers. Copyright Edgenuity, Inc.English CoursesPAGE 5
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 12proficiency in the following comprehension strategies: summarizing,This senior-level English course offers fascinating insight intoquestioning, previewing and predicting, recognizing text structure,British literary traditions spanning from Anglo-Saxon writing tovisualizing, making inferences, and monitoring understanding withthe modern period. With interactive introductions and historicalmetacognition. Aimed at improving fluency and vocabulary, self-contexts, this full-year course connects philosophical, political,evaluation strategies built into these courses inspire students toreligious, ethical, and social influences of each time period totake control of their learning.the works of many notable authors, including Chaucer, WilliamShakespeare, Queen Elizabeth I, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, andVirginia Woolf. Adding an extra dimension to the British literaryexperience, this course also exposes students to world literature,including works from India, Europe, China, and Spain.LITERACY & COMPREHENSION IIOffering high-interest topics to motivate students who arereading two to three levels below grade, this course works inconjunction with Literacy & Comprehension I to use a thematicand contemporary approach to expose students to effectiveAP ENGLISH LANGUAGE & COMPOSITIONinstructional principles using diverse content area and real-This college-level course prepares students for the AP Englishworld texts. Each of these reading intervention courses offers anLanguage and Composition Exam while exploring and analyzingengaging, technology-based interface that inspires and challengesa variety of rhetorical contexts. This is a fast-paced, upper-high school and middle school students to gain knowledge andlevel course designed for highly motivated students. Multipleproficiency in the following comprehension strategies: summarizing,opportunities are provided to enhance test-taking skills throughquestioning, previewing and predicting, recognizing text structure,critical reading, writing, classroom assignments, and discussionvisualizing, making inferences, and monitoring understanding withactivities. AP English Language and Composition practicemetacognition. Aimed at improving fluency and vocabulary, self-assessments and essays will be given throughout the course as well.evaluation strategies built into these courses inspire students toThis course provides students an opportunity to increase knowledgetake control of their learning. concerning prose of many styles and genres, including essays,journalistic writing, political writing, science writing, nature writing,autobiographies/biographies, diaries, speeches, history writing, andcritical writing. Throughout the course, there is an intense focus onwriting and revising expository, analytical, and argumentative essaysto prepare students for a broad range of writing purposes.EXPOSITORY READING AND WRITINGThis elective English course is designed to develop critical readingand writing skills while preparing high school students to meetthe demands of college-level work. While students will exploresome critical reading skills in fiction, poetry, and drama the focusof this course will be on expository and persuasive texts and theAP ENGLISH LITERATURE & COMPOSITIONanalytical reading skills that are necessary for college success.English Literature and Composition is designed to be a college/Students will read a range of short but complex texts, includinguniversity-level course. This course equips students to criticallyworks by Walt Whitman, Abraham Lincoln, Cesar Chavez, Martinanalyze all forms of literature in order to comment insightfullyLuther King Jr., Langston Hughes, Julia Alvarez, Edna St. Vincentabout an author’s or genre’s use of style or literary device. StudentsMillay, and Gary Soto.will also interpret meaning based on form; examine the trademarkcharacteristics of literary genres and periods; and critique literaryworks through expository, analytical, and argumentative essays. Asstudents consider styles and devices, they will apply them to theircreative writing. In addition to exposing students to college-levelEnglish course work, this course prepares them for the AP EnglishLiterature and Composition Exam.INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATIONS AND SPEECHBeginning with an introduction that builds student understandingof the elements, principles, and characteristics of humancommunication, this course offers fascinating insight into verbaland nonverbal messages and cultural and gender differences in theareas of listening and responding. High school students enrolled inthis one-semester course will be guided through engaging lecturesLITERACY & COMPREHENSION Iand interactive activities, exploring themes of self-awareness andThis course is one of two intervention courses designed to supportperception in communication. The course concludes with units onthe development of strategic reading and writing skills. Theseinformative and persuasive speeches, and students are given thecourses use a thematic and contemporary approach, including high-opportunity to critique and analyze speeches.interest topics to motivate students and expose them to effectiveinstructional principles using diverse content area and real-worldtexts. Both courses offer an engaging technology-based interfacethat inspires and challenges students to gain knowledge andPAGE 6English CoursesCLASSIC NOVELS AND AUTHOR STUDIESThe Classic Novels mini-courses give students the opportunity to fullyexplore a large work of fiction or to be introduced to a celebratedauthor. Designed to stand alone or to be inserted into an existingEdgenuity Course Catalog
Edgenuity course, each mini-course guides students through thework with lectures, web activities, journals, and homework/practice.Students study the following novels: 1984, A Midsummer Night’sDream, Call of the Wild, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Heart of Darkness,Jane Eyre, Macbeth, Mrs. Dalloway, Portrait of the Artist, RobinsonCrusoe, The House of Seven Gables, The Red Badge of Courage, andThe Three Musketeers along with the following author studies: JorgeLuis Borges and Flannery O’Connor.AP and Advanced Placement are registered trademarks of the College Board. Copyright Edgenuity, Inc.English CoursesPAGE 7
MathematicsMathematics courses are fully aligned to the Common Core. State versions are also available for statesthat have not adopted CCSS.MATHEMATICS 6expressions and equations, including modeling an association inThis course begins by connecting ratio and rate to multiplicationbivariate data with a linear equation, and writing and solving linearand division, allowing students to use ratio reasoning toequations and systems of linear equations. Students develop asolve a wide variety of problems. Students further apply theirdeeper understanding of how translations, rotations, reflections,understanding of multiplication and division to explain the standardand dilations of distances and angles affect congruency andprocedure for dividing fractions. This course builds upon previoussimilarity. Students develop rules of exponents and use themnotions of the number system to now include the entire set ofto simplify exponential expressions. Students extend rules ofrational numbers. Students begin to understand the use of variablesexponents as they perform operations with numbers in scientificas they write, evaluate, and simplify expressions. They use the ideanotation. Estimating and comparing square roots of non-perfectof equality and properties of operations to solve one-step equationssquares to perfect squares exposes students to irrational numbersand inequalities. In statistics, students explore different graphicaland lays the foundation for applications such as the Pythagoreanways to display data. They use data displays, measures of center,theorem, distance, and volume.and measures of variability to summarize data sets. The courseconcludes with students reasoning about relationships amongshapes to determine area, surface area, and volume.PRE-ALGEBRAThis full-year course is designed for students who have completeda middle school mathematics sequence but are not yet algebra-MATHEMATICS 7ready. This course reviews key algebra readiness skills from theThis course begins with an in-depth study of proportional reasoningmiddle grades and introduces basic Algebra I work with appropriateduring which students utilize concrete models such as bar diagramssupport. Students revisit concepts in numbers and operations,and tables to increase and develop conceptual understanding ofexpressions and equations, ratios and proportions, and basicrates, ratios, proportions, and percentages. Students’ numberfunctions. By the end of the course, students are ready to begin afluency and understanding of the rational number system aremore formal high school Algebra I study.extended as they perform operations with signed rational numbersembedded in real-world contexts. In statistics, students developmeanings for representative samples, measures of central tendency,variation, and the ideal representation for comparisons of givendata sets. Students develop an understanding of both theoreticaland experimental probability. Throughout the course, students buildfluency in writing expressions and equations that model real-worldscenarios. They apply their understanding of inverse operations tosolve multi-step equations and inequalities. Students build on theirproportional reasoning to solve problems about scale drawings byrelating the corresponding lengths between objects. The courseconcludes with a geometric analysis of angle relationships, area,and volume of both two- and three-dimensional figures.ALGEBRA IThis full-year course focuses on five critica
Edgenuity Course Catalog PAGE 6 English Courses ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 12 This senior-level English course offers fascinating insight into British literary traditions spanning from Anglo-Saxon writing to
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